About the PRC...

The Population Research Center is an interdisciplinary research unit of the University of Texas at Austin that provides support for population-related research projects at UT. Faculty researchers come from departments all across campus. Our researchers' projects focus primarily on health disparities, religion and health, children and families, education and transitions to adulthood, and the demography of Latin America and the US border.

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Spotlight On:

The Health of Aging Health Hispanics

The Health of Aging Hispanics: The Mexican-Origin Population

Current Front Page News


Viviana Salinas Awarded Dissertation Fellowship
Viviana Salinas was awarded a fellowship from the Compton Foundation and the Population Reference Bureau for work on Population, Environment, and Human Security.


PRC Researchers Featured on UT Home Page
"’Til Death Do Us Part? Researchers diagnose health consequences of marriage, divorce." PRC Faculty Research Associates Debra Umberson, Mark Hayward, Kelly Raley, and Norval Glenn are featured.

Junior Faculty Position Available in the Department of Sociology
The Department of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for an assistant professor position with a starting date of August 2008.

Senior Faculty Position in Immigration Available in the Department of Sociology
The Department of Sociology and the Center for Mexican-American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin invite applications for a tenured associate or full professor position with a starting date of Fall 2008.